Morton Feldman: Rothko Chapel; Why Patterns? (studio album)
by Berkeley Chamber Chorus / The California EAR Unit / Philip Brett / David Abel / Karen Rosenak / William Winant / Dorothy Stone / Arthur Jarvinen / Gaylord Mowrey
Year: 1991
Overall rank: 19,022nd
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Morton Feldman: Rothko Chapel; Why Patterns? track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Morton Feldman: Rothko Chapel; Why Patterns? rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Top 92 Music Albums of the 1990s | 37/92 | 12 | |
| 2025 | Top 73 Music Albums of 1991 | 70/73 | 0 | |
| 2025 | Top 18 Music Albums of 1991 | 9/18 | 3 | |
| 2025 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1991 | 15/50 | 4 | |
| 2024 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 71/100 | 2 | |
| 2024 | LosWochos | Top 98 Music Albums of 1991 | 70/98 | 1 |
| 2020 | Top 41 Music Albums of 1991 | 14/41 | 3 | |
| 2020 | Classical | 83/83 | - | |
| 2019 | Top 21 Music Albums of 1991 | 6/21 | 4 | |
| 2018 | Top 52 Music Albums of 1991 | 8/52 | 4 | |
| 2016 | malulaet | Top 39 Greatest Music Albums | 19/39 | 3 |
| 2016 | Coconut | Top 56 Music Albums of 1991 | 44/56 | 1 |
| 2015 | The Scaruffi List | 28/99 | - | |
| 2015 | The Best Band of the Eighties | 10/13 | - | |
| 2015 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 12/100 | 18 | |
| 2012 | Pleine Conscience | 19/100 | - | |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 56 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/16/2024 18:12 | TonySayers61 | 23,140 | 64/100 |
| ! | 04/24/2024 17:28 | LosWochos | 46,643 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/17/2023 22:52 | 10,790 | 63/100 | |
| ! | 01/04/2021 19:32 | 2,917 | 60/100 | |
| ! | 05/28/2020 10:08 | Lisandro | 3,396 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 21% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.0.
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